Trowel or scoop



ffNITED STATES PATENT ()EFIoEo fBD BABDL of BBooKLfN, NEW YoBK.

TRowEL oR ScooP.

SPOcfofT o1ing aft of lettef Patent 1 o. 356 3 datod Januafy 18. 1887.

ppHoaUon filed Novombef 18, 1886. sef1 No. 219.335. (Non1odeL) citizen offhe ITnited SbateS, fesiding of Brook- ]yn, in the oonnfy of IingS ond State of New Zofk, hove invented new and llSef[11 Impfove menfS in foWeIS, Sooo1)S,ond Sin1ilaf fffioleS, of whioh the foHowing is o S eoioabion.

ThiS invention feloteS fo impfovemonfS in ffoWe]S, Scoo S, nd Similar articleS, aS fully Sef forth in the foHowing s eoiocation and clain]S, aJnd illI1StfHted in the accom anying dfoWingS, in Whioh igufe 1 iS o 1)Ion vieW of ffowe1 sten1 ond aSher, the WaShef being in SecfioI1, Eig. 2 iS a Side olevabion, parfly in Seotion, of a tfoweL l ig. 3 iS o lon vieW ofo b]onk Whioh oan be nSed to fofIn the tfoWeL ig. iS a detail view of o waShef.

simHof lebtefS indioato ooffeSpondingpoftS.

The loftef A indicoteSfhe blade of a tfOWe1, Whioh Doy be of ony Snitoble I ofm and B i the Stem of Shank of the tfoWe1. The Sfen of ShaJnk iS pfovided Wibh SpurS, lugS, of pfojeo tionS Whioh S )nfS of pfojeotionS, When the Sten1 iS inSefted into the hondIe D gfip of oatoh onto fhe mofefial of the hondle. The handIe and tfoWel WH1 thnS be held firI11ly togefhef a]So, fo Seoufe tho Shonk B in the hand1e, the Shonk nlay be paSSed entifely thfongh the hondle and be )fovided of the fI'ee eod of fhe shonk vith on obbaohing devioe to pfevenf the Shank boing poHed ooo of the hande. onvenienf 1T1eons of attooh111enfofe Showl1 in the dfWin S, Where a vaSher, 1, iS oauSed to sef ovef of aboof fhe ffee end of the Shank B and theshank iS then fiveted of olinohe(1 ovef the WoShef. The fofm of the shank B bef r bein clinched is Shown in Eig. 1. The aShef 1 iS lIlaCle of Soitoble Ino tefial, Snoh oS nlefoL oonvenienb way of making the tfoWel iS to Stamp of fofn the blank,'Eig. 3, of any Suitable fnatefiol, sooh aS foetaL By InenS of Snifable dieS of appofatuS the blank c bebfooghf of Shapedinto suitob]e fofn1-Suoh, fof exomple, aS illuStfated in EigS. 1 and 2.

Thowashef I may be fostened to the Shank by aJ Sofew-bhfead bub the n1othod of o1inch iog the Shank ovef the WaShef iS pfefefoble,

as the end 0f the Shank eaJn thns be nTade t0 Set Smoothly onb() fhe Washefl vht I olaiIn aS nev7, and deSife to seoufe by LeefS Faten iS 1. The blade having the tubolof Shonk B, pfovide(1 With outWafdlypfojeoting spufS in oombinofion vvibh the handle 1), offanged on the tubnlaf shook and engaging the soid s ofS, SobStantiany aS desofibed.

2. The oon1bioofion of the blade formed inte ral With the stem B, haJvin the ed e Spufs, and folded longifndinaHy into the fofn1 of a tube, With the han dlo D, affanged on the sfem ond engoging fhe S )1fS, With bhe exffen1ity of the steIn eXtending beyond the outef ond of the hondle, and the woShef 1, Se-

oured to Said eXbfeInihy of the tnbulof Stem,

SubStantioHy as desofibed.

3. he blade f, fofIIled infegral vvith o Sten1, 

